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DSST Physical Sciences Principles
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Instructions:
Answer 31 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. When you add heat to a substance - its temperature...
12 miles per hour
Halogen radicals interfering in ozone synthesis
Decreased
Might stay the same
2. Heat is the...
Waves and particles
Total internal energy of an object
Newtons third principle of Universal Gravitation
First principle of Centripetal force
3. Increasing the frequency of light
First principle of Centripetal force
Increases the energy
Momentum
Increasing speed and constant acceleration
4. Circular motion requires centripetal force
Difference between the heat supplied and the heat exhausted
Mechanical - chemical - and radiant energy
First principle of Centripetal force
Third principle of Centripetal force
5. A ship travels 3 miles in 15 minutes what is its speed in miles per hour...
Newtons third principle of Universal Gravitation
Sulfur
12 miles per hour
Increasing speed and constant acceleration
6. Electromagnetic radiation can be viewed as...
Decreased
Waves and particles
First principle of Centripetal force
Disorder
7. The larger the centripetal force - the faster an object travels in a circle of a given size
263 degrees kelvin
Second principle of Centripetal force
Waste heat for secondary uses
Difference between the heat supplied and the heat exhausted
8. Raising an auto in a service station requires work. Raising it twice as high requires...
Heat of fusion
First principle of Centripetal force
Twice the work
Difference between the heat supplied and the heat exhausted
9. The reason that a spear fisherman cannot see where the fish is actually located is...
Difference in the sped of light in water vs. air
Momentum
Third principle of Centripetal force
Mechanical - chemical - and radiant energy
10. The heat involved in the change of phase of phase from solid ice to liquid water is called...
Halogen radicals interfering in ozone synthesis
Heat of fusion
Third principle of Centripetal force
263 degrees kelvin
11. Entropy refers to...
Heat of fusion
Disorder
Newtons third principle of Universal Gravitation
Halogen radicals interfering in ozone synthesis
12. All objects with mass are attracted to another by the gravitational force
Newtons first principle of Universal Gravitation
Third principle of Centripetal force
Sulfur
Movement
13. If a charging elephant has kinetic energy - it must also have...
Remains unchanged
Newtons third principle of Universal Gravitation
Newtons first principle of Universal Gravitation
Momentum
14. In a generator - the flow of electrons (current) is created by...
Momentum
Increasing speed and constant acceleration
Movement
Sulfur
15. The gravitational force between two masses is inversely proportional to the square of the distance between those two objects.
Waves and particles
Newtons third principle of Universal Gravitation
Increases the energy
Mechanical - chemical - and radiant energy
16. A 5 kg fish that is swimming toward it at a velocity that brings both fish to a halt. What is the speed of the smaller fish?
Difference between the heat supplied and the heat exhausted
5 m/s
Waste heat for secondary uses
Increasing speed and constant acceleration
17. Which is not one of the fundamental forces of nature...
Decreased
Waste heat for secondary uses
Difference in the sped of light in water vs. air
Universal
18. The weight of one kilogram of iron on earth is...
12 miles per hour
Means less power is transmitted
Newtons second principle of Universal Gravitation
Less on the moon
19. If the mass of a cart full of groceries decreases of half and its speed doubles - the momentum of the cart...
First principle of Centripetal force
12 miles per hour
Momentum
Remains unchanged
20. The work that a heat engine is able to accomplish is ideally equivalent to the
Newtons first principle of Universal Gravitation
Momentum
Difference between the heat supplied and the heat exhausted
Second principle of Centripetal force
21. Electrical energy can be converted to...
Increases the energy
Mechanical - chemical - and radiant energy
Difference in the sped of light in water vs. air
Universal
22. A temperature of -10 degrees celsius is equivalent to...
Disorder
Might stay the same
263 degrees kelvin
Halogen radicals interfering in ozone synthesis
23. From the 50's and to the 70's - the pH of rain in the northeast had..
Newtons third principle of Universal Gravitation
5 m/s
Near a maximum
Decreased
24. Neglecting air resistance - a ball in free fall near the earth's surface will have...
Increasing speed and constant acceleration
Might stay the same
Remains unchanged
Momentum
25. The theoretical production curve of oil indicates oil production is...
263 degrees kelvin
Less on the moon
Means less power is transmitted
Near a maximum
26. cogeneration uses...
Movement
Third principle of Centripetal force
Waves and particles
Waste heat for secondary uses
27. The gravitational force - two masses are directly proportional to the mass of each object
Remains unchanged
Newtons second principle of Universal Gravitation
Difference in the sped of light in water vs. air
Universal
28. The ozone hole results from...
Waves and particles
Newtons first principle of Universal Gravitation
Halogen radicals interfering in ozone synthesis
Less on the moon
29. At a given speed - the centripetal force - the smaller the circle.
Movement
Heat of fusion
Third principle of Centripetal force
Near a maximum
30. In burning coal - what contaminant is of major concern as a pollutant...
Twice the work
Means less power is transmitted
Sulfur
Increasing speed and constant acceleration
31. Electric power companies step up the voltage of generated power for transmission across the country because higher voltage...
Second principle of Centripetal force
Might stay the same
Means less power is transmitted
Third principle of Centripetal force